Richard roxby



R. ROXBY.

RAIL JOINT.

(No Model.)

No. 477,156. Patented June 14, 1892.

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16/ BY W A TTOHNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD ROXBY, OF DARTMOUTH, CANADA.

. RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 477,156, dated June 14,1892. Application filed December 9,1891. Serial No. 414.464. (N0 model.)

.To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD ROXBY, of Dartmouth, in the county ofHalifax, Irow ince of Nova Scotia, and Dominion of Canada, have inventeda new and Improved Rail- Joint, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in rail-joints; and the object ofmy invention is to produce a simple and comparatively cheap device, bymeans of which the meeting ends of railway-rails may be held together,so that they cannot move either laterally or vertically in relation toeach other, but may have the necessary longitudinal play to allow forexpansion and contraction under the influence of heat or cold, and alsoto construct a device which may be used to unite the ends of railswithout regard to whether or not the joint comes above a supporting-tie.

To this end my invention consists in a railjoint, the construction ofwhich will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a broken sectional plan of the joint embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a broken side elevation, partly in section, of the same. Fig.3 is a cross-section on the line a- 00 in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of the pin which is used to lock the fastening nuts andbolts together.

The rails are of the usual form, and they are enveloped by a sheath 11,which is shaped to fit snugly upon the rail, the sheath completelyenveloping the lower portion of the rail and having vertical sides 12,which are adapted to fit snugly against the Web of the rail and beneaththe shoulders of the same, thus forming a support for it, and these sidepieces of the sheath are preferably thinned at the ends and roundedslightly at the top corners, as shown at 13 in Figs. 1 and 2, so thatthe sheath maybe easily slipped to place and may also be easily made toenter the fastening sheath or jaw on the opposite rail. The sheath 11 isintended to envelop the meeting ends of the two rails, but it isfastened to one rail only, and the fastening is effected by means ofbolts ll, which extend transversely through the side pieces of thesheath and through the web of the rail, the bolt having the part 15 nextits head squared, so as to fit in a square hole in the sheath andprevent it from turning, and nuts 16 are fastened to the bolt, so as notto be accidentally removed, by means of pins 17, which are driventhrough a slot in the bolts and fit in a recess or groove in the frontside of the nut, asbest shown in Fig. 3, one end of the pin beingpreferably doubled un' der, as shown, and it will thus be seen that thenut cannot possibly be accidentally removed.

On the rail opposite that to which the sheath ll is secured is fasteneda sheath 19, the fastening being effected by a bolt or bolts 14 in themanner already described, and this sheath is enlarged at its free end,as shown at in Figs. 1 and 2, and this enlarged portion fits snugly uponone end of the sheath 11, and it will thus be seen that the two sheathsand the rails will be held so firmly together that the rails will formpracticallya continuous rail and cannot have any movement in relation toeach other except longitudinally.

It will be seen that this joint may be very easily made, as it is onlynecessary to fasten the sheaths to the rails and slip one within theother, and this is easily effected on account of the thin or taperingends of the sheath 11.

It will be understood that the sheath 19 can be made so as to [itagainst the web of the rail to which it is secured and not extendbeneath the same; but it is desirable that the two sheaths be made asdescribed, so as to form a strong joint.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. A rail joint comprising overlapping sheathsadapted to be secured to the meeting ends of railroad-rails, the sheathsbeing disconnected at their overlapping ends from each other to form asliding joint and shaped larged portion to fit over the adjacent sheath,t0 fit the lower portions of the rails, substansubstantially asdescribed. tiaily as described.

2. A rail-joint comprising sheaths adapted RICHARD ROXBY. 5 to besecured to the meeting ends of rail- Witnesses:

road-rails, one of said sheaths having thinned N. F. CUNNINGHAM,

ends and the opposite sheath having an env ALBERT WISDOM.

